Behold, the Megavalanche mountain bike race: A 30 kilometer marathon in the French Alps that starts at the 3,300 meter summit of the Pic Blanc and ends 2,500 meters below in the Allemont Valley. After ...

Once a year, the best downhill mountain bike riders gather high in the French Alps for a race know as Megavalanche. It's a madcap 18-mile race down the side of a mountain. En route, riders pass ...

Downhill mountain bike races are nuts. You’re basically on a 40-pound motorcycle with no engine and barreling at 30mph or more over rocks, roots, cliffs, you name it—all while balancing on an insanely ...

Join Brendan Fairclough and Andrew Neethling as they set off on a mission to ride Earth's largest mass-start downhill races. Kicking off at over 10,000 feet (3,330m) of elevation on a glacier on Alpe ...

The Megavalanche is a treacherous 32km scramble that begins almost 3300m on a glacier at the summit of a mountain in the French Alps. Riders must jostle and battle for position down Alpe d’Huez while ...

This superb short film follows Swiss Downhill Mountain bike champion René Wildhaber as he attempts to defend his six previous wins at Megavalanche, Alpe d'Huez in France. The Megavalanche 2011 ...

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Amongst cyclists, Megavalanche is regarded as one of the most intense races on Earth. Billed as “a mountainbike downhill marathon-style event that mixes gravity-assisted excitement with enduro levels ...

Join elite mountain bikers in France's Alpe d'Huez for the thrilling 18-mile downhill Megavalanche race. NASA astronauts return home after major delay. Their extended stay could have health ...